Reader Snapshots Feb. 15-19 No. 2

VERO BEACH -- This healthy-looking horse is in the back country. The environment there is very beautiful.

FORT PIERCE -- How we do it. This is a picture of Navy Seals being evacuated by helicopter after a mission. It was taken at the Navy Seal Museum's Muster last fall. Taken with a Canon sd1100 camera

Richard March

FORT PIERCE -- Repair work being done under the South Bridge with a upside down bucket truck on Feb. 16. Taken with a Nikon 5700.

Connie Teel

VERO BEACH -- A bird and bottle brush bloom right outside the photographer's back window.Taken with a Sony DSC-H1 camera.

David Petersen

HUTCHINSON ISLAND -- "As the sun sets I watch from a top the bridge. I concentrate on remembering the beautiful orange and yellow hues. You can get lost in the beauty of the world, just let it take you away for a moment." Taken with a Canon eos rebel xs.

Kristen Rydberg

Orchid

Rod Lechtenberger

SOUTH BEACH, MIAMI -- "I love the bright colors on the life guard post."

VERO BEACH -- Harold Leshem and the shark he caught while visiting his sister.

Judy Van Name

FELLSMERE -- Monster gator at Stick Marsh

Beverly Thomas

PORT ST. LUCIE -- Otter, rarely seen in this area, eating a fish in the Buttonwood Canal on Feb. 16.

Dave Hedgecock

FORT PIERCE -- A pair of baby eagles with their parent. Taken with a Canon Powershot digital camera.

Duane Hamilton

FORT PIERCE -- A pair of otters playing in the water. "They didn't like me here." Taken with a Canon Powershot digital camera with a 20x zoom lens.

Duane Hamilton

FORT PIERCE -- Mom and babies, taken a month ago with a Canon Powershot digital camera.

Duane Hamilton

STUART -- South of the Palm City bridge on Feb. 17, overlooking the St. Lucie River. Taken with a Kodak EasyShare P712.

Myra Beckman

STUART -- The essence of the fountain in Historic Downtown Stuart. Taken with a Canon EOS 20D and 35-80mm lens.

Dana McCartney

PORT ST. LUCIE -- "What a nice surprise as this little fellow greeted me at my front door as I was coming home from work on a cold day."

Donna Scheumeister

PORT ST. LUCIE -- "This beautiful male cardinal was singing his heart out on a cold and sunny day in my backyard."

Donna Scheumeister

INDIANTOWN -- A butterfly taken on the photographer's screen door. "It looks like a kite in the distance." Taken with a Fuji "throw-away camera that was .99 cents on sale."

Flo Roskind

PORT ST. LUCIE -- This pair of ducks are enjoying a swim on a cold and sunny day in the lake across the street from the photographer's house.

Donna Scheumeister

FORT PIERCE -- Catching the late day sun. Taken with a Canon Powershot on a pond in Ocean Village.

Kevin Kelliher

KENANSVILLE COUNTY -- Grounded eagles.

Larry Herbert

SEBASTIAN INLET -- Unlikely duo: It would be close to unheard of to have these two birds together in the same photo anywhere in the USA. This is the rare Harlequin duck currently at Sebastian Inlet State Park along with a little Blue Heron.